Fabiano Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva 2017

Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara

Italy, Veneto

Founded in 1912, Francesco Fabiano and his son Sergio began to sell their wines in Venice, expanded and moved to Verona in the 1950's and by the 1970's became one of the largest wine producers in Italy. The commercial growth of the 1980's and 1990's saw Fabiano exported to all the main countries of the world, making it one of the main wineries of the Verona and national oenology.

From the 2000s, Fabiano shifted focus from volume to its quality wines. As well as Ripasso and the high-quality white Lugana, they had been producing Amarone since 1966 and today, fourth generation Alessandro Fabiano runs this century year old winery now known for its limited production, premium wines. They still use the quality vineyards of historical growers, bottle some wines in the original Sona Cellar, but have their Headquarters in Valpolicella. 

Amarone is a wine of antique lineage. The grapes are all grown in the classic zone of Valpolicella and are hand-picked, uniquely dried, then pressed and vinified according to the age-old traditional method. Exhibiting a characteristic perfume and pouring deep pomegranate in colour from the prolonged ageing, they are extremely age worthy and collectable.

Here, the chosen grapes are hand-picked from hilly vineyards 200-350m above sea level around the ancient village of Negrar, Valpolicella. The grapes are dried for 120 days in aerated rooms, gently pressed to 36% yield, then later aged for 30 months in large format oak barrels and rested six months in bottle.

Deep red in colour with notes of vanilla, cherry, plum and coffee. Full of flavour, warm and velvety, pair with braised meat, game, cheese or at the end of a meal, it is extremely praised and benefits from decanting for an hour.